avenger

English

Etymology

to avenge + -er.

Noun

avenger (plural avengers)

1. One who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood.
2. One who takes vengeance.

Translations

one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood

• Czech: mstitel (cs) m
• French: vengeur (fr) m
• Greek: εκδικητής (el) (ekdhikitís) m, εκδικήτρια (el) (ekdhikítria) f
• Japanese: 復讐者 (ja) (ふくしゅうしゃ, fukushūsha)
• Latin: ultor (la) m, ultrix (la) f

• Maori: kairānaki (mi)
• Polish: mściciel (pl) m
• Russian: мститель (ru) (mstítel') m, мстительница (ru) (mstítel'nica) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: о̀светнӣк (sh) m, осветница (sh) f

  Roman: òsvetnīk (sh) m, osvetnica (sh) f

• Spanish: vengador (es) m, vengadora (es) f

one who takes vengeance

• Latin: ultor (la) m, ultrix (la) f

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• German: Rächer (de) m
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: خوێنه‌خوێ (ku) (xwénexwé)

Anagrams

• engrave, Grevena, vernage

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Old French

Etymology

a- +‎ vengier.

Verb

avenger

1. to avenge

Conjugation

• This verb is part of an group of -er verbs, for which ‘g’ is softened to a ‘j’ before the vowels ‘a’ and ‘o’ to keep the /dʒ/ sound in tact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of avenger (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		avenger			avoir avengé, avengez
gerund		en avenjant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		avenjant
past participle		avengé, avengez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	avenge	avenges	avenge	avenjons	avengez, avengés	avengent
	imperfect	avenjoe, avengeie, avenjoie	avenjoes, avengeies, avenjoies	avenjot, avengeit, avenjoit	avengions, avengiions	avengiez, avengiiez	avenjoent, avengient, avenjoient
	past historic	avenja	avenjas	avenja	avenjames	avenjastes	avengerent
	future	avengerai	avengeras	avengera	avengerons	avengerez, avengereiz	avengeront
	conditional	avengeroe, avengereie, avengeroie	avengeroes, avengereied, avengeroied	avengerot, avengereie, avengeroie	avengerions, avengeriions	avengeriez, avengeriiez	avengeroent, avengereient, avengeroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	avenge	avenges	avenge	avenjons	avengez	avengent
	imperfect	avenjasse	avenjasses	avenjast	avengissons	avengissez, avengissiez	avenjassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	avenge	—	avenjons	avengez	—

Descendants

• English: avenge (borrowed)